Sprouting Grains ???

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Ive been wondering about sprouting my own grains at home from milling into flour and various greens and beans, because of the richer source of micro nutrients and low acid. I have found several informative sites that have pretty much brought me up to speed on the basic process. lol ...in theory... http://nourishedkitchen.com/sprouted-grain/ http://sproutpeople.org/

So has anyone tried this? Do you have a favorite set up? Preferred method that works for one kind of grain and not another? Is there any special tray or location for sprouting, and how do you store your finished product? Screens vs. Cheese cloth? And most of all have you found the health benefits to be worth the extra work?

Thanks I await your answers :bun

 

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[ORChick]

Sprouting is easy, and you don't need a lot of fancy equipment. A wide mouth Mason jar (or something similar), with some mesh cloth (old nylon stocking, sheer curtain fabric, something like that), and the ring for the jar (or a rubber band). Put a couple of tablespoons of seeds in the jar (more if the seeds are small, fewer if the seeds are large), cover with water (I use filtered, because I don't think the tap water chlorine is particularly good for this), and leave overnight. Next morning drain the jar, and leave it tipped so that the extra water can drain out Put the jar, and a catch bowl (for the draining water) in a cupboard to exclude light. Pour in more water to rinse, and drain again 2 to 3 times a day. Depending on the seeds, you will have sprouts in a few days. Some seeds you will want to grow the sprouts longer, some you will want to have just showing. These people - http://sproutpeople.org/ - have lots of information about the process, and what you can expect. I haven't bought seed from them; I think theirs is rather expensive. But their information is excellent. I have a sprouter like this: http://amazinghealth.com/webstore/us/a-vogelr-biosnacky-original-seed-sprouter - while it works pretty well, I wouldn't say it is any better than the jar method. Mine doesn't always drain completely, and small seeds often drown rather than sprout.

 

[~gd]

I used to sprout oats [also wheet and barley] year round for our INSIDE cat and during the winter only for our geese. You asked about grains right? For human use I used the jar method and used them up in a day or so I won't comment on keeping. For the cat we found a metal dog dish worked best. It had to be heavy enough so the oats would be pulled out by the cat otherwise he would take the whole dish and hide it The geese got 11' x 22 standard plastic nursery trays. both had 1/2 - 1/4 soiless mix in the bottom a scatter of seeds thin layer of mix. lightly water and place on top of the refrig [provides mild bottom heat] green sprouts in 3 days but both the cat and geese liked a real green stalk so 4days to a week more. At this stage they don't nead extra heat, just sun and water.

 

[so lucky]

I haven't tried sprouting grains yet, but I buy sprouted wheat flour from a friend. It is very good mixed with a little regular flour. It might not hold together very well just used by itself. Homemade bread made with about half sprouted wheat is extra yummy

 

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Thanks to everyone for these tips and answers. I cant wait to try everything out